Dan, this is great news. The existing guide is a great resource but as you and others have noted, needs updating. A lot has changed since that issue. In answer to your questions.

1. Yes, I won’t ask you about the next XDHB version again. Mild apologies for being a contributor to the pestering 🙂
2. I’m sure there will be some details on public cloud provisioning which didn’t really apply in the last handbook. Personally, I’d like to see some definitive guidance on PVS vDisk, template and target creation. I’ve been having a real task lately with an issue around that and investigation has proved there is a lot of confusion in this area.
3. Yes, this news makes me very happy. Thank you!